Cornerstone OnDemand vs Meta4 PeopleNet

Likelihood to Recommend

Cornerstone is the #1 Learning Management System for a reason. The Learning Management and Performance Management tools are amazing. I would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for a talent platform. They have room to grow in the recruiting space. I believe that the new tools on the roadmap look promising, however, we ended up removing this tool from our contract and going with another vendor. Cornerstone is not nearly as experienced in the talent acquisition space as it is in talent management.

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Jennifer Goodwin, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

HR Manager

JK Moving ServicesTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 501-1000 employees

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Meta4 PeopleNet Core HR is a very powerful HR tool with abundant features that could fulfill pretty much all the HR needs of a small to medium sized organization. It might be an overkill for very small businesses with less than 20 employees as its really geared towards larger organizations. It offers powerful tools to performance reviews as well as employee HR management tasks. One interesting feature is the ability for employees to perform self administrative tasks through the software which allows some automation of tasks. On the other hand, the program can be so feature rich that require an advanced user with data analytic skills to fully utility. Companies that use the software will need to have at least one manager procure training before utilizing its full range of features.

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Bruce Emmerling

IT Consultant

SeedcoInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cornerstone OnDemand

Meta4 PeopleNet

New hire portal

Manager tracking tools

Compliance tracking and reporting

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Meta4 PeopleNet

Corporate goal setting

Subordinate goal setting

Individual goal setting

Line-of sight-visibility

Performance tracking

Cornerstone OnDemand

Meta4 PeopleNet

Performance plans

Plan weighting

Manager note taking

Performance improvement plans

Review status tracking

Rater nomination workflow

Review reminders

Workflow restrictions

Multiple review frequency

Reporting

Cornerstone OnDemand

Meta4 PeopleNet

Create succession plans/pools

Candidate ranking

Candidate search

Candidate development

Cornerstone OnDemand

Meta4 PeopleNet

Job Requisition Management

Company Website Posting

Publish to Social Media

Job Search Site Posting

Customized Application Form

Resume Management

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Candidate Search

Applicant Tracking

Collaboration

Task Creation and Delegation

Email Templates

User Permissions

Notifications and Alerts

Reporting

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Meta4 PeopleNet

Course authoring

Course catalog or library

Player/Portal

Learning content

Mobile friendly

Progress tracking & certifications

Assignments

Compliance management

Learning administration

Learning reporting & analytics

Social learning

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Meta4 PeopleNet

Employee demographic data

Employment history

Job profiles and administration

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organizational charting

Organization and location management

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

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Meta4 PeopleNet

Pay calculation

Support for external payroll vendors

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

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Meta4 PeopleNet

Approval workflow

Balance details

Annual carry-forward and encashment

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View and generate pay and benefit information

Update personal information

View company policy documentation

Employee recognition

View job history

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Meta4 PeopleNet

Report builder

Pre-built reports

Ability to combine HR data with external data

Pros

User friendly and attractive website design.
It offers the ability to do online training, or also track face to face, on the job training.
It's continuously improving with new features to keep up with the growing demand for online learning.
Rather simple admin interface.

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Jessica Bussey

Senior Instructional Designer

Builders FirstSourceBuilding Materials, 10,001+ employees

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Clean and easy navigation: it is very user-friendly and compared to other solutions I have utilized, there is a clear difference on how information is displayed and also ease of navigation and speed of response of the platform.
All modules are really integrated and it is so much power when there is a correlation between say the data displayed in Talent Management and the info seen on the C&B module for example from a performance and compensation perspective, visualizing info and being able to analyze it easier for decision making.
Customizable, in our case, we use the solution and enjoy the multiple benefits and efficiencies due to how data is organized and presented and the same time we have the advantage that the user interface is all customized to our own corporate brand/look and feel, color palette and graphical line.

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Allan Morales

Regional Training Manager

Sykes Enterprises, Inc.Outsourcing/Offshoring, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Observation checklists can be tricky to navigate
Updating content and how that affects Curriculum/re-versioning
Certification management can be frustrating for expired users
Removing content for terminated employees could be easier, instead of removing content item by item, would be nice to be able to remove all content from active transcript to removed transcript

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Stephanie Dorsey

Instructional Designer/LMS Admin

Children's Hospital & Medical CenterHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Meta4 PeopleNet Core HR can be a bit overwhelming for light users with limited experience.
The performance review features are extensive and require a highly skilled manager that work with data analytics
The program is not quite as strong in its recruitment features as other software offerings.

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Bruce Emmerling

IT Consultant

SeedcoInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Cornerstone OnDemand 9.5

Based on 25 answers

As long as pricing stays reasonable, we will likely stay with Cornerstone for at least one more contract renewal. It would be a large task to migrate all of our content to a new system. However, the LMS landscape is diversifying with new startups that are showing some real innovation.

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Jamie Drahos

Learning Management System Administrator, Training Specialist

Tennant CompanyMachinery, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Cornerstone OnDemand 8.8

Based on 25 answers

Cornerstone OnDemand in general has very good usability. It is easy for end users to start using it. We don`t need to provide any trainings for learners or line managers. At maximum we can create one pager with general information. It is easy to search trainings. You don’t need to know the ID or full name of training.

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Andriy Verminskyy

Business Solutions Specialist

NestléFood & Beverages, 10,001+ employees

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Reliability and Availability

Cornerstone OnDemand 8.2

Based on 2 answers

I've never felt like i've been left high and dry by Cornerstone. we may be frustrated with some problems but they are always there with us working for solutions

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Joseph Madere

LMS Administrator

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.Machinery, 1001-5000 employees

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Performance

Cornerstone OnDemand 2.7

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Pages do not load quickly. Often times any action or selection of a box, drop down, check, pretty much ANY Javascript interaction causes the whole entire page to load/reload/start doing something in the background. This makes a nightmare for having to mass edit courses or upload ILT sessions. It's the one of the archaic web designs they use that really bugs me as an admin and makes working in the portal at times intolerable and insufferable

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Joseph Madere

LMS Administrator

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.Machinery, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Cornerstone OnDemand 6.1

Based on 34 answers

They are still working out issues with their support ticket system. I think we are now experienced enough that when we submit a ticket, there is not a quick easy answer and involves higher levels of support so it does tend to take a LONG time to get assistance. When there is a major issue, their communication is getting better but when you have a defect to report or a high level support it's going to be a while. They do have EXCELLENT online help, a very active online community where customers help customers and great user groups so there is other avenues of help

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Melissa Odom

Talent Management Analyst

BKD CPAs & AdvisorsFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Meta4 PeopleNet 9.0

Based on 1 answer

It is excellent support so far, during implementation and also while live, the only reason why I am giving a 9 is because in some cases we could have had a quicker response or solution, but so far this doesn't look like an issue at all, and the vendor has been making sure we have what we need.

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Allan Morales

Regional Training Manager

Sykes Enterprises, Inc.Outsourcing/Offshoring, 10,001+ employees

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In-Person Training

Cornerstone OnDemand 3.9

Based on 2 answers

Very personable and patient. Features that I'm sure to them are very simple and repetitive were trained with patience and understanding.

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Joseph Madere

LMS Administrator

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.Machinery, 1001-5000 employees

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Online Training

Cornerstone OnDemand 5.4

Based on 5 answers

Training was thorough.

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Christopher Fox, Ph.D.

Corporate Trainer

Crescent Bank & TrustFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Cornerstone OnDemand is lightyears ahead of HealthStream. HealthStream's system is archaic and does not have any features besides basic compliance training. HealthStream is not visually appealing and users simply choose to log in and complete only what has been assigned to them. Cornerstone's catalog is so much more user friendly and inviting.

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Chelsea Polette, M.A.

Instructional Designer & Training Consultant

Henry Ford Health SystemHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Meta4 PeopleNet Core HR really shines as a flexible product capable of evolving with an organization's changing needs. Its robust features, cloud based architecture, and performance analysis help push the product ahead of some of its competitors. While not perfect, the software offers in-depth performance review functions and data analysis tools that show performance trends. With its self administrative tools, employees can help manage their own information, reducing workload for HR managers

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Bruce Emmerling

IT Consultant

SeedcoInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Scalability

Cornerstone OnDemand 9.1

Based on 1 answer

It can accomodate any number of users (that you're willing to pay for) and serves as a training archive

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Joseph Madere

LMS Administrator

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.Machinery, 1001-5000 employees

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No answers yet

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Return on Investment

The work my small admin team has done in the past 2 1/2 years, would have cost my company hundreds of thousands of dollars with a 3rd party.
Using Cornerstone as an LMS has put our Company on the map for a leader in Learning and Development.

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Nina Queen

Sr. Learning Parter / Learning Management System

MGM Resorts InternationalHospitality, 10,001+ employees

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We now have a tool which is a single solution and connects our employee information for 5 countries and 30K + employees, a single source, talk about efficiency.
This is a big step in Digital Transformation, reducing times to complete several processes and also the use of paper forms.
Definitely, savings related to the number of solutions software wise that is now integrated and scalable with meta4 PeopleNet Talent Management.

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Allan Morales

Regional Training Manager

Sykes Enterprises, Inc.Outsourcing/Offshoring, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

* One-time fee

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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